First I listened "One More Cup Of Coffee" when I had 8 years-old, and I thought: "Well, nothing bad". After that, I used to ocasionally listen the song. After some months I found "You're No Good", "Silvio" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" and the same, for me were good songs, but nothing special.

But what made me really love Bob was a chain of three songs: the version of "I Want You" from New Orleans 1981, "Lakes Of Pontchartrain" from Holmdel, June 24th, 1988, and the album version of "Chimes Of Freedom". I had 11 or 12 years. It was a time when my main musical interests were modern pop-rock and punk-rock bands like My Chemical Romance, All Time Low, Never Shout Never, Sum 41, Simple Plan, etc. so it was a radical change for me.

Later I realized I was wrong, and over time I liked the songs that I used to consider just good ones (the songs from the first paragraph).

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Maybe Tweeter and the Monkey Man... I'd never heard that sort of lyrics.But actually it has to be Tangled. I listened to it seven times in a row, totally mesmerized, then sat down, googled the lyrics and memorized them. That was a year ago. If only I could travel back in time and experience all those "first listens" again.

Blowing in the Wind by Peter Paul and Mary. Then someone on the bus going home from school said ' Do you realise the guy who wrote that song has made a record of his own?' I think that's the route many of the British fans from that era first heard of Dylan.

Not actually, I think it was Tangled Up in Blue. I heard those compilation cds because my mother had them when I was a kid, and I think that was the one that caught my attention (it's my favorite now). Either that or something off of Love and Theft.

Funny you should say that! I'd seen Bob on Live Aid and the in the Handle with Care video but my first album was Under the Red Sky. Wiggle Wiggle wasn't bad enough to turn it off and created the contrast for the slower opening lines of UTRS. By the time the man in the moon had gone home and the river went dry I was hooked for life.

'Changing Of The Guards' from my dads record collection when i was around eight.When i told my school form teacher she was amazed someone so young enjoyedDylan and she was a fan and did me a cassette of his early recordings and i remember loving thesong 'He Was A Friend Of Mine'. This would have been around 1988.

Blowing in the Wind by Peter Paul and Mary. Then someone on the bus going home from school said ' Do you realise the guy who wrote that song has made a record of his own?' I think that's the route many of the British fans from that era first heard of Dylan.

Bringing It All Back Home - When I knew nothing about Dylan, I came across a copy of this album at a record store, and eventually bought it. After several listen, I was knocked out by it. This album and 'Like A Rolling Stone' turned me into a Dylan fan.

Someone gave me a live Billy Joel (of all people) album on cassette when I was around 11, and it had a live version of The Times They Are A Changin' on it. A little later I saw my local library had a copy of Before The Flood by this Bob Dylan guy, I checked it out and the rest is history.

Love Minus Zero / No Limit the imagery is absolutely brilliant, I must have worn this out back in 1965 so much so I had to buy another copy

My love, she speaks like silenceWithout ideals or violenceShe doesn't have to say she's faithfulYet she's true like ice, like firePeople carry rosesAnd make promises by the hourMy love she laughs like the flowersValentines can't buy herIn the dime stores and bus stationsPeople talk of situationsRead books, repeat quotationsDraw conclusions on the wallSome speak of the futureMy love, she speaks softlyShe knows there's no success like failureAnd that failure's no success at allThe cloak and dagger danglesMadams light the candlesIn ceremonies of the horsemenEven the pawn must hold a grudgeStatues made of matchsticksCrumble into one anotherMy love winks she does not botherShe knows too much to argue or to judgeThe bridge at midnight tremblesThe country doctor ramblesBankers' nieces seek perfectionExpecting all the gifts that wise men bringThe wind howls like a hammerThe night wind blows cold n' rainyMy love, she's like some ravenAt my window with a broken wing

My dad always played a lot of Dylan. I remember Blowing in the Wind. But the first time I was cognizant of "Bob Dylan" was Lay Lady Lay. My dad put it in and explained that this was a country music album done by a classic rock and roll singer.

Shortly after that, I asked to hear what this rock and roll singer normally sounded like. LARS blew my mind....

Couldnt tell you have listened to Bob all my life, my dad used to play him to me when i was wee, there is a picture of my when Im around 3 playing a harmonic next to picture of Bob. Its just always been a constant in my life.

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The Times They Are A-Changing and, specifically, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll. This cassete was my best friend gift for a birthday. On night I was in my bed, listening to it in the headphones - and suddently I realised that I... I can't explain it, even in my native language. It was like a lightning strike. So I'm affraid I've been burned for the rest of my life.

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